Nutritive Evaluation Of Sago Fibre As Feedstuff For Sheep

Abstract

Nutrient evaluation of sago fibre showed that the fibre
has same potential and could be utilized. as feed for
ruminants. however, as a source of nutrients, it has
limitations arising from low intake, digestibility, crude
protein and. essential minerals content.
The present study shower that sago fibre was low in crude
protein (CP) (3.3%) am high in neutral detergent fibre
(NDF) (72.5%) am acid detergent lignin (ADL) (25.8%) con
tent. Treatment of sago fibre with 0,2,4 and 6% urea
increased the CP content of the fibre from 3.3 to 10.4, 13.4
and 16.7% and decreased the NDF content (%) from 72.5 to 63.2,
62.3 am 60.8, respectively. Sodium hydroxide treatment
of sago fibre decreased the NDF content, and also resulted in
reduced CP content (2.9%) . may be due to chemical degradation of the protein into volatile compounds. Both urea and sodium
hydroxide treatment had no effect on other cell wall component.